{"id":39685,"date":"2020-08-11T07:40:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T11:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39685"},"modified":"2020-08-11T07:40:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T11:40:33","slug":"this-explains-a-lot-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39685","title":{"rendered":"This Explains A Lot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Just the News<\/a> posted an article about the members of the National Institutes of Health’s COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel. It seems as if they have allowed their financial interests to interfere with the interests of the Americans who have contracted the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Members of the National Institutes of Health’s COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel have financial ties to a\u00a0company behind clinical trials of a drug to treat coronavirus, as well as to another large pharmaceutical company involved with developing a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the NIH, members of the panel\u00a0include U.S. physicians, statisticians, and other experts who are developing treatment guidelines<\/a> on COVID-19\u00a0“intended for healthcare providers.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

A total of eight panel members\u00a0list a financial relationship with\u00a0Gilead Sciences<\/a>\u00a0on the panel’s\u00a0Financial Disclosure for Companies Related to COVID-19 Treatment or Diagnostics document<\/a>:\u00a0Judith Aberg, MD, Adaora Adimora, MD,\u00a0Jason Baker, MD,\u00a0Roger Bedimo, MD, Eric Daar, MD, David V. Glidden, PhD, Susanna Naggie, MD, and\u00a0Pablo Tebas, MD. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. has reportedly bought almost all of Gilead Sciences’ supply of the COVID-19 drug remdesivir<\/a>. The company announced on June 1 the results of a phase 3 clinical trial<\/a> of the drug in patients with moderate COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Monday, Gilead applied for FDA approval of remdesivir, which has been available for emergency use with patients hospitalized with severe cases of COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Dr. William O’Neill, a cardiologist and Medical Director at the Henry Ford Health System\u00a0in Detroit, Mich.,\u00a0told Just the News contributor Sharyl Attkisson in an interview for her news program\u00a0“Full Measure”<\/a> that he is less impressed with remdesivir.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“There is a lot of hype for the drug,” said O’Neil, adding that he sees “no big benefit” to remdesivir after reading medical journal reports on it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This appears to be a blatant example of ‘follow the money’ resulting in Americans dying from the coronavirus because of pressure to block using hydroxychloroquine. It should be noted that remdesivir costs thousands of dollars for one pill and hydroxychloroquine costs less than a dollar for one pill. It’s sad to think that doctors would behave so badly, but it appears that they have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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